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Masking Oscar’s Meatballs
Merlin
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AEROSCALE
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Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 12:28 AM UTC


Brad Cancian shows how he masked and painted the weathered national markings on his superb 1/48 scale Ki-43 Hayabusa.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
JPTRR
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Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 03:35 PM UTC
Brad,

Excellent model! Excellent feature!

I haven't tried masking national insignia yet, but I have a circle cutter. Perhaps soon...
Tin_Can
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Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 05:17 PM UTC
Great job! I always like the painted on insignia instead of a decal. You should be posting more features.
BradCancian
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Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 11:23 PM UTC
Thanks for the kind words guys - yes Rowan has been hassling me for more articles - i'd better get building then!!

BC
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Posted: Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 07:21 AM UTC
Nicely done Brad, painted on markings always look far superior to decals

Mal
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Posted: Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 10:37 PM UTC
a very interesting article supported by a magnificent build (or is it the other way around).

Those painted markign s are very realistic, not in the least because the painting has been done very professionaly.

i need one of those circle cutters... and a lot of skill, skill, skill....
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 01:26 AM UTC
Excellent job, Brad. The paint job is simply superb!

Thanks for sharing
Tin_Can
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 06:25 AM UTC
Speaking of painted on markings, has any of you had success at painting on US emblems? If so, how did you go about it?
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 07:22 AM UTC

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Speaking of painted on markings, has any of you had success at painting on US emblems? If so, how did you go about it?


All the markings on my B17 assembly ship were painted on using Miracle Masks.
Nige
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:05 PM UTC
Beautiful work, Brad! I'm a big fan of the Oscar and it's nice to see one so well executed!
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